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VocabJLPT N3

step

NounCounter

Definitions

1. step
2. stair
3. shelf
4. grade

This noun means "step," "stage," or "level," and can refer to a stair step, a shelf level, or a rank in a graded system like martial arts. It also appears in the word for paragraph or section in writing. Context determines which meaning applies.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

The temple we visited on the trip had so many steps — I was out of breath.

Sentence 2

How many more steps are there to the station?

Sentence 3

Tripping on such a tiny step — pretty funny, right?

Sentence 4

"How many steps are there?" "Maybe twenty!" my friend laughed.

Sentence 5

The kid skipped a step on the way up!